ISLS 2026 Agenda

2:30 PM

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Short Paper · ALP 2700

Arts, Expressions, Identity

Short papers exploring how the arts support identity work, wellness, and disciplinary learning, from artmaking with youth and non-judgmental art pedagogy to reconstructing disabled identities in undergraduate courses. Other talks link art-making to computational thinking, integrate arts with science teaching, and examine trans* body politics in sport.

Co-Design & Participatory Design in a talk

6 talks

Long Paper · ALP 3610

Dialogue and Collaboration

Papers on dialogue and collaboration across varied settings, including relational attunement in making, medical students shifting from cooperation to true collaboration, and parents revoicing to guide children's computational thinking. Further talks examine how language shapes access to tools and how productive confusion unfolds during VR collaboration.

Co-Design & Participatory Design in a talk

5 talks

4:30 PM

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Short Paper · ALP 1110

Co-design, Teachers, RRP

Short papers on co-design, teachers, and research-practice partnerships, including environmental engineering curriculum co-design, teacher-developed critical-thinking assessments, and curricular co-design as professional development. Further talks examine teacher-researcher thought partnership, translanguaging in teacher preparation, and Black children's sociopolitical sensemaking as a resource.

Co-Design & Participatory Design in a talk

6 talks

Short Paper · ALP 1120

Agency, Equity, and Social Justice in Learning Sciences

Short papers on agency, equity, and social justice in learning, including epistemic engagement in multilingual science, rule-breaking as a design affordance, and frameworks for hands-on open science in K-5. Other talks trace racialized assemblages in AP biology, recognition for minoritized STEM instructors, and infrastructuring for climate justice in making.

Co-Design & Participatory Design in a talk

6 talks